Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/21/056

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Chair of the Committee: Councillor Ian Houlder

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Recommended to Council:

(14 December 2021)

That the proposals as detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 at paragraph 3.6 of Report number: PAS/WS/21/024, be included in the medium-term financial plans to 2026.

(Report number CAB/WS/21/056)

The Cabinet considered this report, which was recommending to Council, approval of proposals for inclusion in the medium-term financial plans.

On 18 November 2021, the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee (PASC) considered proposals for delivering a sustainable balanced budget for 2022 to 2023 and for developing the medium term plans. This included a number of key budget assumptions proposed and the rationale behind those assumptions, as set out in section 2 and Table 1 of paragraph 3.6 of Report number: PAS/WS/21/024.

The recommendations, which subject to any changes made by Cabinet at this meeting, would be presented for subsequent approval by Council on 14 December 2021. These, together with any further recommendations emanating from PASC and Cabinet in the coming weeks, would be incorporated into the budget setting process, the composite report for which would be considered by Cabinet and Council in February 2022.

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet.

Having considered the process and approach to setting the Council’s 2022 to 2023 budget and the principles and challenges faced in achieving this, the Cabinet supported the recommendation of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee.

Recommended to Council (14 December 2021):

That the proposals as detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 at paragraph 3.6 of Report number: PAS/WS/21/024, be included in the medium-term financial plans to 2026.